Organization's Seminar (2015-06)

Topic: Morality and Leadership: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses

Speaker: Ryan Fehr,University of Washington’s Foster School of Business

Time: Monday, 15 June, 10:00-12:00 AM

Location: Room K02, Guanghua Building 2

Abstract:

Recent years have witnessed growing interest in the link between morality and leader effectiveness. Nonetheless, the literature has suffered from a number of limitations, including assumptions about ethical leadership’s universally positive effects and the meaning of ethical leadership itself.

In this talk, I will present three interrelated projects aimed at a better understanding of morality and leadership. In the first project, I present evidence from a field study of CEOs in the biotechnology industry that examines the “dark side” of ethical leadership. In the second project, I present laboratory and field evidence that examines when and why followers support unethical leaders. In the third project, I present a theoretical model that examines the question “What makes a leader ‘ethical’ in the first place?”

Bio of Speaker:

Ryan Fehr is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. His research interests include ethics and morality, conflict management, and prosocial behavior. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland in 2010.

Ryan's work has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Review, Psychological Bulletin, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and OBHDP. His research has received best paper awards from the Conflict Management and Human Resources divisions of the Academy of Management, and has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies.

In addition to his research experience, Ryan has served as a consultant for numerous organizations including Mercer Human Resources, the University of Washington Hospital System, and Pascal Metrics. At the Foster School of Business he teaches ethics in the undergraduate and MBA programs.

Your participation is warmly welcomed!